Automatically-moving figure



A. P. BALL. AUTOMATIOALLYMOVING FIGURE.

(No Model.)

Patented July 23, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

ALFRED P. BALL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMATICALLY-MOVING FIGURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,565, dated July 23,1889.

Application filed February 18, 1889. Serial No. 300,255. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED P. BALL, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson, in the State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Automatically-Moving Figures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improvement is especially designed for moving figures used foradvertising purposes.

The improvement consists in the combination and arangement of a movablefigure and a windmill, whereby the windmill may operate the moving partsof the figure.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front View of an apparatusembodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

A designates .the moving figure. Itwill be seen that in the presentinstance it is made in the form of an elephant. The body a of the figureis in the present instance immovable and supported by a post a. The legsare movable. The two front legs consist of upper and lower sections a aThe two sections of each front leg are pivotally connected together by apin a The upper section of each leg is near the upper end pivotallyconnected to the body by a pin a Preferably the two sections of eachfront leg will have a stop combined with them to prevent the lowersections from swinging forwardlybeyond the line of the upper sections. Ihave shown a stop as consisting of a pin a,

fastened to the lower section and projecting against the upper section.The hind legs are each composed of two sections a a The sect ons of eachof the hind legs are pivotally connected together by a cross-pin a. Theupper sections of the hind legs are pivotally connected to the body by across-pin a Stops a are combined with the sections of the hind legs inthe same manner and for {he same purpose as the stops to of the frontegs.

B designates the windmill. As shown, it consists of a numbe1 of sails Z)Z) b 1), arranged upon an upright shaft If. The upright shaft maybesupported in any suitable manner. I have shown it as journaled in abearing b on the post a and a bearing bisecured to an upright post 6 Theshaft b has affixed to the upper ends two cross-bars b Z7 At the ends ofthese are masts b. These cross-bars b b are secured together in anydesired manner. This is also true of the masts. The sails are fastenedto the masts, and the foot of the leech of each sail is secured to theend portion of the cross-bar opposite to that one which supports themast of such sail. I have shown the sails as of the kind known asleg-of-mutton sails, but I do not wish to be confined to this style. Theupright shaft 19 is provided with cranks 1 2, here shown as extending inopposite directions. Connecting-rods 3 at extend from these cranks tothe upper sections of the legs. The front and back legs of the same sideare connected to one crank, and the front and back legs of the otherside are connected to the other crank. As here shown, the outer legs- Imean the front and back legs at the front side of the apparatus-arefixedly connected to the pivot-pins which attach them to the body, andthese pivot-pins turn loosely in the body and are connected to theconnecting-rods of the crank which operates these legs. The other legshave arms extending upwardly from their upper sections to connect withthe connecting-rods of the crank which operates these legs.

The apparatus may be made of any suitable material.

The wind will catch the sails and rotate the upright shaft. This shaftwill operate the legs.

It is intended that the figure shall be made upon a large scale foradvertising purposes and marked with any suitable advertisement. I- donot, however, wish to restrict the apparatus to advertising purposes.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of a figure having the 5 tions pivoted together, astop on each leg v near the pivotal point, an upright shaft havin goppositely-extendin g crank portions hav- 3. The combination of anupright standard supporting a horizontallyextending body, an uprightshaft having horizontally-extending cranks, legs pivotally connected tothe body and connected to the cranks by connectingrods, a bar carried bythe upright shaft above the figure, and sails connected to said bar,

substantially as specified.

ALFRED P. BALL.

Witnesses:

M. A. GIFFIN, FRED L. TAYLOR.

